Communitywide Rockland commemoration to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day
The Holocaust Museum & Center for Tolerance and Education marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day with a communitywide meeting on Wednesday, January 23, at the New City Jewish Center at 7 p.m.
Brenda Weisman and Amy Edelstein, the daughter and granddaughter of the youngest Bielski brother, present “Legacies of Defiance.” They will discuss the Bielski partisans, as portrayed in the film “Defiance.”
International Holocaust Remembrance Day commemorates the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau on January 27. The museum is hosted by Rockland Community College and receives funding from the Town of Ramapo, Rockland County, and the Jewish Federation & Foundation of Rockland County.
For more information, call (845) 574-4099 or go to holocauststudies.org.
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